Portable light support and clamp



H. E. P ECK. PORTABLE L'IGHT SUPPORT AND CLAMP. APPLICATION FILED MAIL22. 192!- RENEWED MAY I0, I922.

Patented Oct. 1% 19522.

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HARRY FM, PIECE, 01 WAVEIt-LY, NEWYORK.

ros'rarerin Liens. s'urroa r AND CLAMP.

Trall w/mm it may concern.

Be it known that Hennr E. Pnoiga citizen of the llnited States, resldlngat Waverly, in the county of Tioga and State of. New York,lnventedlcertain new and useful improvements in Portable Light Supportsand (lamps, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates'to llght supports of the portable type and has forits object to provide in combination with a portable light supportcarried by a supportlng base, a vertically shdable spring actuatedmember extending through.saidbase and terminating" in a right angledarm, said arm forming' means whereby the support as a whole may beclamped and held on the edge of a desk or on the edge of any othermember whether in a horizontalor vertical plane or at an angle, Also toprovide the under face of the base with a chamber, into which chamberthe right angled portion the vertical slid able member is normallyheldby the spring, thereby allowing the light support to be of a desk16,the operatorforces the vertisupported entirely by its base.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

in the drawings Figure 1 is aside elevation of thelight support, partlybroken away and showing the support clamped on the edge of a desk or thelike.

Figure 2 is a rear view of the light support.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the light support with the light removed.

Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a base preferablystamped from a single piece of material and 2 a supporting flange ofsaid base. Extending upwardly from the base 1 is a vertically disposedbar 3, the lower end of which is secured as at 4 tothe base, which barforms App1'ication filed March 22, 1921, Serial No. 454,485. nenewee May10, 1922. Serial No. 559,895.

gas or oil. Vertically slidable on the barB is a sleeve 7, which sleeveis provided with a hor zontal integral ear 8, to which ear is secured asat 9 the upper ends of vertically movable arms 10 of a clamping member11.

The clamping member 11 is formed preferably from a single piece of wire,sald wire being bent so as to form the right angled clamping jaw 12 andthe arms 10, which chamber 15 of the base 1, thereby allowing theportable light to be disposed at any point on a desk or the like andsupported 1 entirely by the base 1. However whenit is desired to e-lampthe support to the edge cally slidable member downwardly and places thebase on the desk adjacent the edge thereof and allows the clamping arm12 to be forced into clamping engagement with the under face of the deskas shown in Figure 1.. Clamping jaw 12 is preferably inclined upwardlyso that it will engage the under face of the desk top adjacent thecenter of the base 1, thereby obtaining a binding action at a pointwhere maximum clamping action will be obtained. The arms 10 and thevertically disposed bar 3 are so positioned in relation to each otherthat when the coiled spring. 14E is interposed there between, saidcoiled spring will be held against lateral movement and displaceinent bysaid arms 10 and bar 3.

From the above it will be seen that a portable light is provided, whichsupport may be supported entirely on its base, or if so desired thesupport may be clamped to the edge of a member in any position.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis:

1. The combination with a light support comprising a base having asubstantially vertically disposed light supporting arm thereon, of aclamping member whereby said support may be clamped to the edge of asupport, said clamping member comprising a horizontally disposedclamping jaw disposed beneath the base, said clamping jaw havingupwardly extending arms extending through apertures in the base, theupper ends of said arms being connected to a vertically movable memberslidably mounted on the exterior of the light supporting arm, a coiledspring interposed between the base and the movable member and formingmeans for normally forcing said movable member upwardly and maintainingthe clamping jaw within the base of the light support, said coiledspring being maintained against lateral displacement by said arms of theclamping jaw and the upwardly extending light supporting arm.

2. The combination with a light support comprising a chambered basehaving a substantially vertically disposed light supporting arm thereon,of clamping means whereby said light support may be clamped to the edgeof a support, said clamping means comprising a clamping jaw disposedbene'ath the base and having an armextending upwardly through said base,the upper end of said arm being secured to a horizontal portion of avertically movable slide on the light supporting arm and a springinterposed between the horizontal portion of the slide and the upperface of the base and forming means for normally maintaining theclampingj aw within the chamber of the base. s

3. The combination with a light support comprising a chambered basehaving a substantially vertically disposed light supporting arm thereon,of clamping means whereby said light support may be clamped to the edgeof a support, said clamping means comprising a substantiallyhorizontally disposed jaw located. below the base, said jaw havingupwardly extending spaced arms vertically slidable in apertures of thebase, the upper ends 01'. said arms being secured to an ear of a sleeve,said sleeve being slidably mounted on the light supporting arm, and acoiled spring disposed between the light supporting arm and the upwardlyextending arms of the jaw member, said coiled spring being held againstlaterial. displacement by said arms.

l. The combination with a light support comprising a light supportingarm, spaced adjacent arms adjacent the light supporting arm and slidablyconnected thereto and in parallel relation thereto, eoopeating jawscarried by the spaced arm and the light supporting arm and a coiledspring disposed between the light supporting arm and the spaced arms,said coiled spring being held against lateral displacement by all ofsaid arms.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

HARRY E. PECK. lVitne'sses JAMES S'ronnoon, JIL, \VALTER S. PECK.

